The following change is about to become law, the Bill provides:

  1. For the increase in the age limit at which the three-year bring forward rule for non-concessional contributions can be used, from 64 to 66.
  2. The increase in age limit applies from the start of the 2020-21 financial year (from 1 July 2020).

 

Currently, to be able to access the three-year bring forward rule, a person must have been aged 64 (or younger) at the start of the financial year in which they wish to contribute.

Now the amending legislation has been passed, a person aged 66 or younger at the start of the financial year is able to bring forward up to three-years of non-concessional contributions in a single year.

 

The normal restrictions that apply to non-concessional contributions remain in place including:

  • The contributor must have a total superannuation balance at the previous 30 June of less than $1.6m (or less than $1.4m if seeking to contribute $300,000)
  • If the contributor was aged 66 on 1 July 2020 and they have since turned 67, they will need to have met the work test if contributing after their 67th birthday
  • The three-year bring forward rule has not been triggered in either of the two previous financial years.

 

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